Summer Course

General Information Summer Course 2023

Details

  • Even in summer, it can be cool in the evening and at night. Things to bring: warm sleeping bag and warm clothes, rain gear, rubber boots, comfortable seat cushions, blankets, and flashlights.

  • Accommodation in BPL in your own tent. It is also possible to bring a recreational vehicle or caravan to be set up in the designated fields. It is required to inform us in advance. Information on private accommodations:
    Eifel Info
    Tourist Info Hellenthal
    Stadtkyll Tourismus

  • Due to hygienic and legal reasons, pets are not allowed in the entire property.

  • Vegetarian Meals will be provided from Tuesday evening, 18 July until Saturday noon, 5 August.

  • Child Care: Only if there are enough registrations by 1 July. Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. latest until July 1 and mention the name and age of your children and the exact duration of your stay. We will check if it is possible to organize childcare.

  • Assistance: At the registration, you will be assigned to a job according to your personal capacity. It is much easier for everyone if all the work is assisted by many people. Our low cost heavily depends on this. Furthermore, we are looking for people who are willing to take responsibilities as coordinators during the summer course.

  • Video recordings are only allowed with prior written permission of the Benchen Phuntsok Ling Trust. All publications (text, visual, audio, internet etc.) require the explicit written permission of the Benchen Phuntsok Ling Trust.

  • Parking: Only in the designated parking areas, so that the local farmers have their ways free.

  • Sewage Plant: At Benchen Phuntsok Ling, a modern biological sewage plant is installed. Its bio-organisms are very fragile. There must be no chemicals, camping toilet waste or any similar objects discharged into the waste water system. The resulting damage is approx. 30,000 €.

  • Drug consumption of any kind in the entire property is strictly prohibited.

  • Respect the bedtime from 22:30. No music and no noise, particularly.

  • Don’t forget: Benchen Phuntsok Ling is a meditation center.